How To Be President In Kenya

A president is the leader of a country or a company or another group. A president is usually elected by the people in that group.

How To Be President In Kenya

Qualification and Disqualification for election as president

(1) A person qualifies for nomination as a presidential candidate if the person–

(a) is a citizen by birth;
(b) is qualified to stand for election as a member of Parliament;
(c) is nominated by a political party, or is an independent candidate; and
(d) is nominated by not fewer than two thousand voters from each of a majority of the counties.

(2) A person is not qualified for nomination as a presidential candidate if the person–

(a) owes allegiance to a foreign state; or
(b) is a public officer, or is acting in any State or other public office.

(3) Clause (2) (b) shall not apply to–

(a) the President;
(b) the Deputy President; or
(c) a member of Parliament.

Election of the President

(1) The President shall be elected by registered voters in a national election conducted in accordance with this Constitution and any Act of Parliament regulating presidential elections.
(2) An election of the President shall be held–

(a) on the same day as a general election of Members of Parliament, being the second Tuesday in August, in every fifth year; or
(b) in the circumstances contemplated in Article 146.